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TTTF! ATLANTA' GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
Two Nations Unite to Unveil Maine Memorial Shaft To-day in New York City
MONUMENT SUGGESTED BY W, R, HEARST-FUNDS RAISED THROUGH HIS PAPERS
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PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE COMPLETED MONUMENT TO THE HEROES WHO WENT DOWN WITH THE MAINE.
Cuba Joins United States in Honor
ing Dead Heroes.
NEW YORK, May 30. While a dozen mighty sea fighters of
the American navy thundered a salute of 252 guns, hands played
the national air and u phantom floral shift fashioned after the
United States steamship Maine was sent adrift in the Hudson,
Master George Hearst this afternoon pulled the silken cords that
unveiled the monument erected at the Columbus circle entrance
to Central Park in honor of the men who died in Havana harbor
February 15, 1898, when the Maine was blown up by a foreign
foe.
Former President William Howard Taft, Secretary of the
Navy, .losephus Daniels, Governor William Sulzer, of New York;
Governor William T. Haines, of Maine; Mayor William .1. Gaynor,
of New York ; a distinguished delegation of Cuban notables and
many persons prominent in the military, naval and civil life of
the nation had part in the interesting and impressive events of
the day.
Thu nitmument is largely the it suit
of the work of William Randolph
Hearst ajvd hla newspapers Mr.
Hearst suggested the shaft aw a tlt-
tlrig tribute to the martyrs of the
Maine* and raised the fund through
the influence of his papers
The sailors and marines from the
13 battleships of the North Atlantic
Fleet lying in the Hudson River, and
the sailors and soldiers from the
Cuban warship Cuba, landed at
noon to-day and assembled in Forty-
fifth Street near Fifth Avenue In
preparation for the big lend parade.
Admiral Led Parade.
Rear Admiral Cameron McRea
Winslow. U. S. N . was grand mar
shal of the parade, with Rear Ad
miral Fletcher In command. The
United Spanish war veterans oc
cupied a prominent part In the march
ing column under the command of
State Commander Chauneey W. Her
rick. The New York National Guard
was represented by the Sixty-
ninth Regiment, the First Regiment
Cavalry and the Navail Militia.
Troops of the United States army
from nearby army posts also partici
pated in the parade which proceeded
up Fifth Avenue to Fifty-ninth Street,
thence west to Columbus Circle,
around <l>e westerly side of the Co
lumbus monument and up Broad
way to Sfctty-sixth Street, where
it broke up into the various
divisions, each division marching
back to .th,V.iponument at the Fifty-
ninth SFtvt t and Broadway entrance
to Central Park, where they as
sembled In’a fanllke formation about
the monument
Bishop to Offer Prayer.
The unveiling ceremonies began at
11:30 with a prayer by Bishop Davis
H. Greer General James Grant Wil
son then presented the monument
to the city. As soon as General Wil
son has tin is bed his address, the
bands struck up the "Star Span
gled Banner” and the huge flags drap
ing the monument fluttered to the
ground. - -While the bands continued
to play the national air several
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wreaths were placed at the baat*
of the monument.
Father Chid wick, chaplain of the
old Maine, when she met her fate
In Havana harbor, placed a wreath
presented bj President Wilson, and
Mrs. Frederick R. Coudert placed
a wreuth from the State of Maine
Mrs. Coudert was the chrlstener of
the Maine when she was first
launched. A wreath from the com
mittee was placed; one from the
Cuban nation was placed by the
three envoys extraordinary which
Cuba has sent to this country for the
occasion, Mayor Gaynor’s daughter
placed the wreath from the City of
New York, and Rear Admiral Slgs-
hee. who commanded the Maine at
the time of the disaster, also pre
sented a wreath. A wreath from the
State of New York was placed, as
well.
Mayor Gaynor to Accept.
Following the placing of the
wreaths, Mayor Gaynor accepted
the monument on behalf of the city.
Governor Sulzer, of New York, and
Governor Haines, of Maine, each
made an address, followed by Sec
retary of Navy Daniels and Read Ad
miral Slgsbee.
Several survivors of the Maine were
he on hand Ih the stands facing the
speakers’ platform In Columbia Cir
cle. The families of the men who
lost their lives in the memorable dis
aster were also given seats in these
stands.
The large number of Spanish war
veterans who took part in the
parade added to the touching sen
timent of the event, and Cuba, to
whom the destruction of the battle
ship meant the beginning of her free
dom from the yoke of Spain, has
shown her appreciation by sending
the warship < ’uba, a detachment of
soldiers and three envoys. Thus the
two nations gathered to honor the
heroes, who, although they did not
fall in battle, vacriticed their lives for
their country.
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For White House
FUNERAL NOTICE
Mrs. Jean Shaunessy. age 70 years, died
at 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. C. F
< ’antreit.' l- Gordon Street. The de
ceased le survived by a daughter. Mrs.
<’antrell, and one son. \V. M Shau
nessy. Funeral services will be held
a: the CgtUreM residence at 3 o’clock
Saturday • afternoon, the Rev. B. F
Purser officiating. The remains will
he taken-le Terumo. Canada. f.»r in
terment! Toronto being the old home
of the deceased
J. B. Carf, of Quitman < ;a died at a
private infirmary in Atlanta ai 12:30
o’clock Friday. He is survived l>v one
son. W. D. Carr, of Quitman. The re
mains were removed to the Patterson
undertaking parlors and will he sent
to Quitman for burial
Mr*. Sarah C. Stevens and her foster
daughter. Miss Nellie Stevens, who
Ga.. Tueada) night, will he buried at
Mearnsville. Ga . Sunday The re
mains. which are being held at the
Patter jo undertaking parlors, will be
sent V# leanBvi h© at 5:20 o'clock Sun
day morning.
W ASHINGTON. D. C\, May 30.—
The White House is to have a room
furnished in the handiwork of the
Southern mountaineers. Mrs. Wilson,
who is deeply interested in the work
being done for the uplift of these
people, has ordered duplicates of
many of the beautiful weavings on
exhibition at the headquarters of the
Southern Educational Association,
for one of the White House rooms.
Both Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Thomas
R. Marshall attended the meeting at
the Southern Building yesterday of
the honorary board of the associa-
| tion. organized on May 2. at the home
I of Mrs (’laude A. Swanson by Mrs.
Martha G. Gielow.
After a brief address of welcome
to the honorary president. Mrs. Wil
son. and the honorary vice president.
Mrs. Marshall, followed by an expla
nation of the purpose of the new
board by Mrs. Gielow, Mrs. Swanson.
I chairman, took up plans for further
ing the work of the association. Mrs.
Wilson took an active part.
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Admiral Badger, in /command
of the fleet.
G. A. R. HONORS
Atlanta and Tallapoosa Posts Con
duct Memorial Exercises at
Marietta Cemetery,
MARIETTA, GA„ May 30.—Memo-
rial exercises for Federal soldiers
were conducted at the National Cem
etery here to-day by Grand Army of
the Republic camps of Atlanta and
Tallapoosa, assisted by citizens of
Marietta.
Upon the arrival of the old soldiers
they formed a procession at the pub
lic square, under command of Post
Commander George B. Leavitt, in the
following order:
Detachment and hand of Seven
teenth Infantry. IT. S. A.; O. M.
Mitchell Poet. G. A. R.. Atlanta; J.
B. Steedman Post. G. A. R., Talla
poosa; Women’s Relief Corps and cit
izens. The procession moved to the
cemetery, where the following pro
gram was rendered:
Assembly.
Music, "Nearer, My God. to Thee"—
Seventeenth Infantry Band and audi
ence.
Prayer Comrade C. F. Fairbanks,
chaplain, Atlanta.
"Duty of the Day”—Comrade
George B. Leavitt, commander, At
lanta.
M u,sic—Band.
Reading of Department and Nation
al Orders—Comrade H. S. Cave, ad
jutant, Atlanta.
Music, "America”—Band and audi
ence.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address—
Comrade J. W. Smith, Atlanta.
'Tribute to Our Dead"—Comrade F.
A Jones, Tallapoosa.
Music Band.
Address—Rev. W. H. Hopkins, su
perintendent of home missions. Con
gregational Home Mission Society.
Music. "Star Spangled Banner"—
Band and audience
Salute to the Dead Seventeenth
Infantry.
Taps.
Benediction.
Decoration of graves
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Rear Admiral SigsbeV. captain of the ill fated vessel, who will Father John Chidwick, chap-
participate in the unveiling. lain of the Maine.
Dalton Confederate
Graves Decorated.
DALTON. GA . May 30.—Scores of
survivors of General Joseph E. John
ston's arms gathered here to-day to
participate in the annual observance
of Confederate memorial day. At noon
all veterans were entertained at
lunch by the Daughters of the Con
federacy and at 2 o’clock the exer
cises were begun at the court house.
Professor Joseph T. Derry, of At
lanta. the memorial orator, was in
troduced by Rev F. K. Sims. The
Joseph E. Johnston monument re
cently erected here was decorated
I w ith evergreen w reathes and in the
exercises fitting tribute was paid the
great geleral. Following the exer
cises hundreds went to the Confed
erate cemetery for the decoration of
J graves.
I Many veterans who attended‘the
Chattanooga reunion came here for!
to-day’s exercised.
Graves of Andersonville
Prisoners Decorated.
A MERIC US. GA., May 30.—Under
the auspices"ot the G. \. R. Post of
Fitzgerald. Decoration Day exercises
were held at the National Cemetery
at Andersonville to-day. The attend,
ance from Fitzgerald and other sec
tions of South Georgia was large.
Several addresses, interspersed w ith
music, were heard, after which the
graves of the Federal dead were deco
rated with miniature American flags
A salute was fired over the graves by
30 members of the Americus Light In
fantry. Under command of Captain
James A. Fort.
The Federal soldiers buried at An
dersonville died in the famous Ander
sonville Confederate prisons.
Wilson Pays Honor
To Soldier Dead.
WASHINGTON, May 30. -Presi
dent Wils*on and the remainder of
official Washington to-day paid trib
ute in various ways to the men who
lost their lives in the defense of their
country.
Contrary to the usual custom, the
President did not speak at the Deco
ration Day ceremonies in the Arling
ton National Cemetery
Confederate Veteran Orator.
MOBILE, ALA.. May 30.—National
Decoration Day was observed her**
with appropriate ceremonies at the
N i t Iona 1 Cemeterj addresses
made by Judge Samuel B. Browne. »
Confederate souiier, who lost a leg In
battle: l>r. G. c. Tucker, chaplain, and
Major E. P. Newsom, of the United
States Coas: Artill.vy at Fort Mor
gan.
A large w .edth was \ resented to the
Union veterans in return for flowers
placed on Confederate graves in Mag
nolia Cemetery April 26.
Intensely Hot at Nashville.
NASHVILLE. TENN. Max 30-
Decoration Day was very quietly ob
served here to-day. commanding little
attention, with the < option of the
usual ceremonies at the National
Cemetery, six miles Ham tire city. Ex
cursions were rim'M A?u* v ds io
commodate the crcw<^ Intensely liot
* either prevailed, ‘
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ATTACKS SYSTEM
Declares Convicts Must Be En
couraged to Improve Both
Them and Roads,
The economic and practical end of
prison reform is set before the public
in a remarkable statement just issued
by .Secretary Philip Weltner. of the
Prison Association of Georgia, in
which he shows that In this State the
task of building roads and the task
of building men is one and the same.
The association is not opposed, he
says, to w orking convicts on the road;
but to the way they are worked. If
the system Is improved, he says, the
first obvious result to the State will
be the building of better roads.
High Intelligence Needed.
"It requires intelligence of a high
order to direct road work, and to di
rect men into paths of rectitude." he
asserts. "But intelligence will not
now do service in Georgia's penal
system, because it will not undertake
the responsibility of a position whose
main function is to guard and, when
necessary, to bully human beings.
"An efficient highway engineer
would not accept the position of road
boss for love nor money, because it
would at times force him to play the
role of a brute. The nresent system
t* nds to discourage the exercise of
humanity by tho>e in authority. There
are. of course, exceptions
"Students of the problem usually
onelude that the fault with Georgia's
penal system lies in the type of men
employed to work ihe convicts, but
the situation calls for a close analy
sis.
Shirking Made Profitable.
"The system makes it profitable for
the convict to shirk his work as
much as he dares. More guards must
be employed, and the road boss must
be in continual readiness with the
lash.
“If such a condition of affairs Is
Inimical to ordinary business, the
same rule would apply to the business
of making roads. What we must do
in Georgia is to reverse this condition.
We must initiate a system which will
encourage’ the convict.
"The principal features of the re
form which the Prison Association is
endeavoring to bring about are of a
practical nature, indorsed by nearly
all the superior and criminal court
judges in the State, and many offi
cials. There is nothing visionary or
unreasonably radical about the work
we are carrying on.”
MORTUARY.
Mrs. Cynthia Landrum, eighty-two
years old, died at her late residence,
67 Connally Street, at 9:30 Friday
morning. Mrs. Landrum is survived
by one daughter, Mrs. C. S. Yarn.
The funeral will be from the resi
dence at 8 o’clock Saturday night,
and the body will be taken to El-
berton, Ga.. Sunday morning for in
terment.
Myra, the s»ix-months-old child of Mr.
and Mrs. A. Morgan, died at the
residence 640 Chestnut Street, on
Thursday night. The funeral will
be from Bloomfield's Chapel at 4
o’clock FTiday afternoon. Interment
at Westview.
SHAFT DEDICATED ;P0LITICS DEFENSE
io mm eon of man t. r. sued
WASHINGTON. May 30.—A monu
ment to the memory of Major Ar
chibald Butt, who was military aide
to Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, and
who perished on the Titanic, was ded
icated here to-day in the Arlington
National Cemetery. The spot was se- I
lected by Major Butt for his burial
place . in 1913 when he was depot:
quartermaster and in direct charge of
the cemetery.
The monument is a twelve-foot
granite Latin cross and was erected
by Major Butt’s brothers. A portion
of the Inscription reads:
A devoted son and brother and
efficient officer, a loyal friend who
In death as in life, served faith
fully God and humanity.
It is planned to build a small orna
mental fountain near the White
House as a memorial to Major Butt
and to Frank D. Millet, a Washing
ton artist who also died on the Ti
tanic. The fountain is to have a
shaft with two classic figures in has
relief, one of chivalry, representing
Major Butt and one of art, represent-
\ng Millet.
MARQUETTE. MICH., May 30.—
Politics is to be the defense of Editor
George Newett, of The Ishpeming
Iron Ore, who is standing trial in a
$10,000 libel actk>n brought by The
odore Roosevelt.
The defense indicated, in questions
asked Oscar King Davis by Attorney
William P. Belden, is believed by at
torneys here to be the one on which
Newett will rest his ca#e.
That politics was at fever heat in
Michigan; that Colonel Roosevelt
played a leading part in it, and that
the editorial charging him with over-
indulgence in liquor was merely a
campaign incident is the expected de
fense.
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